USA Colours - Spot
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Spot |
The Male |
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Head |
Iridescent green |
Neck |
Iridescent green with a complete white neck ring. |
Eyes |
Deep brown |
Bill |
Yellowish green with darker bean. |
Breast |
White lacing on a claret bib. |
Flanks |
White |
Underbody |
WHITE |
Back |
Soft grey, russet at the shoulders with light frosting, shading to black towards rump. |
Rump |
Black with beetle green sheen |
Tail |
Russet black with white edging |
Undertail |
Solid black |
Primaries |
White with some grey peppering at the tips |
Secondaries |
Changing to white as it extends onto upper wing |
Speculum |
Iridescent green |
Scapulars |
White stippled with black, lower scapulaes claret. fringed with white to compliment upper flanks |
Tertials |
Claret with white lacing |
Legs |
Brownish orange |
DEFECTS |
Colour too dark on back ,yellow bill,lack of green in speculum |
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Spot |
The Female |
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Head |
White with grey graining on crown and grey eyestripes |
Neck |
White with grey graining down back of neck |
Eyes |
Deep brown |
Bill |
Orangish brown with blackspecking |
Breast |
White |
Flanks |
White |
Underbody |
White |
Back |
White with some greyish-black mottling |
Rump |
White with some greyish-black mottling |
Tail |
White |
Undertail |
White with some ligh grey ticking |
Primaries |
White with some grey peppering at the tips |
Secondaries |
Changing to whit as it extends onto upper wing |
Speculum |
Iridescent green |
Scapulars |
White with some grey peppering |
Tertials |
White |
Legs |
Brownish orange |
DEFECTS |
buff head, buff ground colour,penciled with brown over back, lack of green colour in speculum |
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